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About Max Stirner

Max Stirner was a 19th-century German philosopher. Max Stirner, born Johann Kaspar Schmidt, was a German philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, postmodernism, individualist anarchism, and egoism. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination
  • Religion — Exploring belief systems, worship, and spiritual practice

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